Best Early Career Researcher in Management Accounting
Call for Nominations

Deadline: March 31, 2008

Award: An award in the amount of $2,000 will be presented annually at the Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association to the early-career researcher with the best overall body of research in management accounting. The award is sponsored by the AICPA. The recipient will be selected by a committee made up of three individuals appointed by the Executive Committee of the Management Accounting Section. Members of this year’s committee are Ken Merchant (Chair), Theresa Libby and Mike Shields.

Eligibility: Eligible research will have been completed within five years of first joining a faculty. Nominations for the award are to be submitted at or near the end of that five-year period. For this year’s award, the candidate must have first joined a faculty in the year 2002 or later. The body of work to be considered must have been published or accepted for publication by Dec 31 2007. In addition, the candidate must be a member of the Management Accounting Section of the AAA at the time of the award.

Evaluation criteria: Evaluation criteria include:
• Originality and innovative content
• Relevance of the subject to management accounting theory, practice, education and/or advancement of research methods in management accounting
• Contribution to management accounting knowledge and impact on the field
• Evaluation of the likelihood that the body of work will stimulate benefits to management accounting research in the future

Nomination procedures: The nomination letter must clearly identify the nominee (including contact details), the body of work to be considered and a brief statement describing how the body of work has contributed to management accounting research. Letters of support for the nomination may also be included. While there is no standard nomination form, submissions should address, at minimum, the evaluation criteria listed above. Please note that self-nominations are allowed.

Nominations should be forwarded to Ken Merchant (kmerchan@marshall.usc.edu), Chair of the Award Selection Committee, by March 31, 2008.